As reported by Kyodo News at Japan Ball (and again), Nippon Ham's young ace, Yu Darvish, has won the 2007 Sawamura Award.

Of course, this doesn't come as a surprise to any of us here, as Deanna showed us "the importance of being Darvish" a couple of weeks ago. All that leaves are congratulations to the new prince of the mound.

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